Viewing Files in Windows Explorer

We work with many WORD files and PDF files. On one of our computers with a Windows 7 OS, opening Windows Explorer and hi-lighting the document will display the contents of a WORD file but when hi-lighting a PDF file, it won't display. Most other computers running Windows 7 do not have a problem viewing the contents of these type of files.

Yes, there are actually two pdf readers, one is Adobe Acrobat and the other is called NitroPDF. These are common on our machines but for whatever reason, isn't working properly on the computer in question.

1.Click Start, and then type cmd in the Start Search box.2. Right-click cmd in the Programs list, and then click Run as administrator.3.If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type your password or click Continue4.At the command prompt, type the following line, and then press ENTER: sfc /scannow

Open Control Panel.
In the search field, type folder and search.
Open link Folder options.
Go the View tab.
On the top of list You will see ‘Always show icons, never thumbnails’ checkbox".
If it is checked, uncheck it and try does it help.

Thanks for the information. Prior to receiving your response, I uninstalled Adobe reader and re-installed the NitroPDF software. That seemed to resolve the problem. There must have been some conflict between thwe two PDF programs. Thanks for your help.

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